Washing-machine.



No. 674,644. Patented may 2s, |901. G. J. CLINE.

WASHlNG MACHINE.

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` UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. CLINE, OF GOSI-IEN, INDIANA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,644, dated May 21,1901.

Application tiled February 16, 1900. Serial No. 5,521. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it mfG/y concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE J. CLINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Goshen, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Washing- Machine, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing-machines.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofwashing machines and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensiveone capable of rapidly and thoroughly washing clothes and other fabricswithout injuring the same and adapted to be arranged for washing clothesand similar light fabrics and also for heavy fabrics, such as blanketsand the like.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings,`an'd pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of awashing-machine constructed in accordance with this invention,thesection being taken longitudinally of the shaft. Fig. 2 is a similarview taken at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspectiveview of the stationary rubber. Fig. 4 is a sectional view similar toFig. 2, the cylindrical clothesreceptacle being arranged for rotation.Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. .4.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all theiigures of the drawlngs.

1 designates a washing-machine body having a curved bottom 2 andprovided at opposite sides with bearings for the reception of aremovable transverse shaft 3, and the latter is adapted to rotate oroscillate an approximately cylindrical clothes-receptacle 4. Thecylindrical clothes-receptacle consists of a pair of disks or heads 5and 6 and an annular series of rods 7, having their ends fitted inperforations of the disks or heads at points adjacent to the peripheryof the same, the spaces or intervals between the rods forming openingsfor the passage of suds and water. The rods 8 at the top of thecylindrical clothesreceptacle are removable, being of less diameter thanthe rods 7 to enable them to be drawn lengthwise through the openings ofthe disk or head 5, and the other rods 7, which are permanently securedto their disks or heads, are preferably reduced at their ends to formtenons and to provide shoulders for abutting against the inner faces ofthe disks or heads.

The heads of the cylindrical clothes-receptacle are provided withopenings for the reception of the horizontal shaft, and the head 5 isinterlocked with a squared portion 10 of the shaft, whereby thecylindrical receptacle is operated by the operation or rotation of theshaft. One end of the shaft is extended beyond the Washing-machine bodyand is adapted to receive either a crank-handle 11 for rotating theshaft or a lever 12 for oscillating the same.

When the entire annular series of rods are arranged in the cylinder orcylindrical receptacle, as illustrated in Fig. 4 of the accom- 'panyingdrawings, this receptacle is adapted to be rotated, and a loose rubber13 is fitted on the shaft and is adapted to be engaged by the clothes. asheet-metal body provided with an annular series of longitudinal utes orradially-extending bends substantially U -shaped in cross-section andforming fianges which cooperate with disks or heads 15 at the ends ofthe body to form an annular series of buckets. When the cylinder orcylindrical receptacle is rotated, the clothes dropping back-v ward onthe loose rubber 13 cause the latter to rotate in a direction oppositeto the direction in which the cylindrical receptacle is rofated. Thisresults in a certain rubbing action and the buckets become filled withair and water successively, causing the air to pass upward through theclothes to facilitate the operation of washing.

When the rods 8 are removed, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of theaccompanying drawings, the cylindrical receptacle is designed to beoscillated in connection with a stationary rubber 16, composed of twovertical sides 17 and a horizontal pan 18, connecting the sides at thelower ends thereof. The sides consist of upper Shanks and lowersector-shaped portions, and the pan, which is preferably constructed ofsheet metal, is curved or corrugated to form a lower rubbing-surface,and

This loose rubber 13 consists of IOO its longitudinal edges extendupward and inward to form interior grooves or recesses 19, which areadapted to catch and retard water lowin g over them,whereby such wateris agitated. The water flowing in one direction will contact with oneside of the pan and will be thrown upward and backward by the same, andwhen it liows in the opposite di recton it will contact with the otherupturned edge. The center of the pan is supported and held againstupward movement on the sides 17 by a transverse rod 20. The sides areprovided with vertical slots or openings 21, through which passes theshaft and which permit the rubber to adjust itself vertically toaccommodate itself to the quantity of clothes within the cylindricalreceptacle and also to relieve the pressure and prevent the clothes orother fabrics from becoming wedged between the lower face of the pan andthe bottom of the cylindrical receptacle. 1 The upper -ends of the sides17 are preferably sup ported by a cross-bar 22, and one or both of thesides may be provided with an approXi-' per portion serves to agitateythe water passing over it.

When the washing-machineis arranged as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 ofthe drawings, it is adapted for operating on heavy fabrics such asblankets, quilts, carpets, and the like-and when the parts are arran gedas illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings the machine is adaptedfor washing clothes and other light fabrics.

What is claimed is- 1. A washing-machine vcomprising a washing-machinebody, a removable cylindrical receptacle composed of heads provided withannular series of perforations, and an annular series of peripheral rodsconnecting the heads, the rods at the top of the receptacle beingremovable, a shaft interlocked with the heads, and a rubber mounted onthe shaft, substantially as described.

2. A washing-machine comprising a body, a receptacle arranged within thebody, a shaft supporting the receptacle, and a rubber provided withslotted sides to receive the shaft and having hooks at their upper endsextending over the top of the receptacle and engaging the sides of thebody, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. CLINE..

Witnesses:

H. C. B. HARRISON, W. S. WISE.

